Researching Bernie Custis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5 people with the Custis surname? In that year Custis was ranked number 3574 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bernie means "Form of BERNARD - brave bear" and is of German origin.
Records of Bernie Custis on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bernie Custis in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bernie Custis and the Custis Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Custis Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Custis family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Bernie Custis at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 13 people with the Custis surname in the UK? Custis is now ranked number 4029 for popularity in the UK. |
Custis Family Tree Databases
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Custis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Custis surname in the USA? Custis is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Custis Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Bernie Custis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bernie Custis
Bernie Custis
Bernard Eugene Custis (September 23, 1928 – February 23, 2017) was an American and Canadian football player who went on to a distinguished coaching career. He is known for having been the first black professional quarterback in the modern era and first in professional Canadian football, starting for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1951.
In 2019, Bernie Custis Secondary School officially opened in Hamilton, Ontario. The school is located adjacent to Tim Hortons Field (and formerly Ivor Wynne Stadium), home site of the Tiger-Cats and Bernie's first professional games.
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